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Eric Brown (USNA '95) recently retired from the Marine Corps and is now conducting a search for his next opportunity. Please see his resume below. If you can offer advice, contacts, referrals, or other assistance with his job search, please contact him directly at
eric.c.brown7@gmail.com.
He's looking in the Denver Metro Area, for a leadership role in Aerospace, IT Management, Program/Project Management, or similar roles.
ERIC C. BROWN, MBA, PMP
Proven
Leader and Skilled Problem Solver with verifiable Program Manager Experience
Over 20
years of strong management skills and operational excellence at all levels of
decision making and problem solving. Proven leader exhibiting excellent moral
and ethical judgment. Results-oriented experience in assessing, developing &
implementing policies and procedures, planning, orchestrating operations, tests,
and provide over sight of projects and programs. Recognized organizational and
team building skills that led to selection as the Operational Test manager for
Marine Corps aviation acquisition programs.
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Marine Corps Aviation Officer (Active Top Secret
Clearance, SCI), defense industry experience
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PMP Certification
from the Project Management Institute (PMI) #4488808
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Program Management / Test & Evaluation, Defense
Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA)
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20+ years Tiltrotor, Rotary Wing & Fixed Wing Military
Aviation Experience with over 3400 flight hours
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15+ years Program / Project Management Experience, ability
to prioritize and handle multiple tasks
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Experience managing large budgets ($14.5M+) and cost
management (savings of $32M+)
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Experience Leading, Motivating, Mentoring &
Coaching multi-functional & dispersed teams (200+)
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Defines problems, collects data, establishes facts
& draws valid conclusions ($100M+ loss prevention)
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Excellent presentation & communication skills, business
leader engager & team building expert
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Excellent knowledge of project management methods &
how to develop solutions to problems
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Skilled at risk management, conflict resolution
& working in waterfall or agile development environments
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MS Project trained, familiar with IT infrastructure
& Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
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þ Executive
Level Management
þ Program
/ Project Planning & Management
þ Finance
/ Business Management
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þ Process
Improvement
þ Team
/ Partnership Building
þ Risk
Management
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Commander Operational Test and Evaluation
Forces -
Norfolk, VA 2013–Current
COMOPTEVFOR is the
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Navy’s Operational Test and Evaluation Forces
(1,500+), providing evaluation of effectiveness & suitability of systems,
supporting Department of Defense acquisition decisions.
Program Management: Senior
Manager for Marine Corps Aviation Test Programs
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Manage,
provide oversight & coordination of Marine Corps Aviation Acquisition Test
Programs of $11M-$18B (MV-22, CH-53, H-1s & VH-92), budgets of $14.5M+,
leads cross-functional teams in test design, planning, execution, &
reporting of 4 programs & 9 milestone driven complex projects delivered on
time & within budget
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Critical
thinking, technical writing of complex schedules, eliminated redundancy, maintained
value, resulted in 30 day schedule reduction, cost savings of $32M for the
Presidential Lift Replacement Aircraft (VH-92)
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Self
starter, conceived & championed an integrated test strategy for an innovative
Air Collision Avoidance system on the MV-22 Osprey, reduced project schedule by
6 months, proactive saving of $2.5M in resources
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Negotiated
resources, developed multi-year contract statements of work, supporting
business strategies, executed proposal evaluation boards on contracts of $8M+,
ensuring product delivery on time & within budget
Marine Operational Test & Evaluation
Squadron 22 -
Jacksonville, NC 2007–2010,
2012–2013
VMX-22 is the USMC
Operational Test & Evaluation Squadron for new aircraft, Project Chartered to address future
requirements, innovation and procedures, sponsor aviation issues and concepts of employment.
Operational Test Director, Director of
Maintenance, Director of Operations
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Senior
Manager for technical & non-technical projects for hardware, software &
process improvements with successful product releases in an Agile &
Waterfall environments; developed 70 and prioritized
500 aircraft software requirements with disparate stakeholders,
increasing product effectiveness & availability
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Project Manager of legacy system retirement and data
migration to new web-based training & Flight-Hour Tracking Information Technology
(IT) Infrastructure technology upgrade, increasing accounting accuracy 5%
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Executive
management of daily operations, administration, logistics, and intelligence
with a $6M+ annual budget, while reorganizing the departments, resulting in a
20% increase in unit production; and decreased mission expenditures 10% through
Lean Principles by tailoring team’s training curriculum
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Leader
of 100+ Maintenance Employees, planned and coordinated engineering repair, people
management, logistical/supply chain, and quality assurance, accountable of assets
valued over $375M
2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Forward - Helmand
Province, Afghanistan 2011–2012
The Commanding
General of 2nd MAW FWD is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of all USMC
aviation in Afghanistan.
Senior Project
Manager (Future Operations)
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Decisive
leader of multi-functional & dispersed teams in competitive & time
sensitive environment, developed requirements, contingencies & resourced
130+ operations, documented & managed schedules, timelines, identified
& mitigated risks & collaborated with key stakeholders, 100% successful
project completion rate
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Developed
partnerships and collaborated with international military partners to innovate
and establish helicopter interdiction procedures between the US and UK, increasing
operational mission capacity by 10%
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Modernized
& standardized the operational project presentations & processes with
IT applications development team & cross-functional stakeholders, resulting
in effective resource leveling & reduced delivery timeline 15%
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Led narcotics interdiction missions, destroyed $1B+
in illicit materials, disrupting fiscal & logistical sustainment. Flew over 20 combat sorties in the MV-22 Osprey
tiltrotor aircraft in support of Operation Enduring Freedom
Marine
Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 162 - Jacksonville, NC 2010 – 2011
VMM-162 is a globally deployable MV-22 Osprey squadron, providing
transport of troops, supplies, and equipment.
Executive Officer (2nd in Command
/ Vice President)
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Executive
oversight and functional leadership of 200+ employees and 10 aircraft; accountable
for $845M+ portfolio and execution of $10M+ annual operating budgets. Coordinated
activities across safety, maintenance, operations, supply chain, and
HR/administration
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Team
Lead for 50% personnel restructuring project while guaranteeing the product
deployment in 50% less time by coordinating activities and programs across
organization
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Project
Manager for multi-function IT team, from ground up developed & delivered an
Information Management Plan in 3 weeks, involving 30+ units, 10,000+ people,
100+ aircraft, $5B in assets across the East Coast
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Developed
& implemented change initiatives & business process improvements,
guidelines & procedures, resulted in 58 passing & 7 noteworthy programs
of 65, validating organizational readiness thru external audit
Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadrons (VMM-266 / VMMT-204) -
Jacksonville, NC
2005-2007
VMM-266 is a globally deployable MV-22 Osprey squadrons, providing
transport of troops, supplies, and equipment.
VMMT-204 provides training
to the USMC & Air Force in the flight and maintenance of the MV-22 Osprey
tiltrotor aircraft.
Aviation
Safety Program Manager, Senior Flight Instructor
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Board
& hand selected to standup new aviation community & squadrons, devised
and supervised an innovative safety program ground up, produced multiple
aviation safety products, proactively preventing $100M+ in losses
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Utilizing
Root-Cause Analysis & trend analysis, translated complex technical issues
into formats and language that customers, engineers and senior management could
effectively utilize for aircraft program improvements, experienced Operational
Risk Management instructor and aviation incident investigator
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Developed
policies, procedures, processes and training for new flight platform, reducing
time to train by 7%
Previous
work experience includes 1995–2004
Various positions
of increasing responsibility & authority in
Operations, Tactics, Maintenance Quality Assurance, Administration &
Training. Fully qualified Night Systems instructor (NSI), Flight Leadership
Standardization Evaluator, Combat Flight Leader, Check Pilot & Instructor
Pilot in 3 different type aircraft (MV-22 Osprey, CH-53E & T-34C).
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Aircraft Commander of one of the 1st CH-53Es to land in
Qandahar Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom, after 11 September
2001. Flew 59 Operation Enduring
Freedom combat sorties.
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Executed
Best Practices and Lean Concepts to eliminate training delays, increasing production
by 17%
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Developed
and implemented the daily management of 16+ aircraft and 55+ aircrew while responsible
for the leadership, training, safety and production of direct reports ranging
from 3-20+ people
EDUCATION and CERTIFICATIONS
Masters
of Science in Business Administration and Management, Boston University
Bachelor of Science, Engineering Core
Curriculum, Economics, United States Naval
Academy
Project Management Professional (PMP), Certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) #4488808
Defense Acquisition University, Program Management Level 2 Certified,
T & E Level 1 Certified (Level 2 complete)
Lean
Six Sigma
*Active TS / SCI Security Clearance
